Mrinal Pande is an Indian journalist, television personality and author. In 2006, Pande was awarded the Padma Shri for his contribution to the field of journalism and Hindi literature. She served as the editor-in-chief of the Hindi newspaper Hindustan until 2009.
Wiki/Biography
Mrinal Pande was born on Tuesday, 26 February 1946 in Tikamgarh, Madhya Pradesh (age 77; as of 2023). Her zodiac sign is Pisces. She attended a government school in Nainital. In the 1960s, she studied for a master’s degree at Allahabad University in Uttar Pradesh. When Mrinal studied in school, she excelled in subjects like English and Sanskrit literature. She studied ancient Indian history, archeology, classical music and visual arts at the Corcoran College of Art and Design in George Washington State, USA. When she was studying in college, she discovered that she was an excellent debater. She also discovered her many hidden talents, such as singing and dancing. In college, she met like-minded people who introduced her to politics and changed her perspective on certain subjects. Later she studied political analysis as well as health and women’s issues.
Young Mrinal Pande lying on mother’s lap
appearance
Hair color: gray
Eye color: black
family
She belongs to a Kumauni Brahmin family.
Parents and siblings
Mrinal’s father, Shuk Deo Pant, is a chemistry teacher in a government school in Uttar Pradesh. Due to work commitments, his family traveled to many places, including ashram huts in Allahabad and Nainital, before settling in Lucknow. He died young.
Photos of Mrinal Pande’s parents
Munnar’s mother Gaura Shivani Pant (pen name Shivani) was a 20th century Hindi writer and a pioneer in writing Indian women’s novels. She was awarded the Padma Shri in 1982. She died on March 21, 2003, at the age of 79.
Mrinal Pande posted about her mother on Twitter
Munnar has two younger sisters, Veena Joshi and Ira Pande. Mrinal also has a younger brother named Muktesh Pant, who was born in 1954. Mrinal has an older stepsister nqmed Beenu.
Mrinal Pande (second from left) with her mother and sisters
Mrinal Pande’s brother Muktesh Pant and his wife Vinita Pant
husband and children
Mrinal Pande married Arvind Pande. He graduated from the University of Cambridge in the UK with a major in economics. In 1965, he became an IAS officer. Twenty-one years later, he joined public sector steel company SAIL; however, he resigned as chairman in 2002.
Mrinal Pande with her husband Arvind Pande and their dog Mojo
The couple has two daughters; one is an oncologist and the other is Rohini Pande, a professor of public policy at Harvard University in the United States.
Photos of Rohini Pande Photos of Rohini Pande
Religion/Religious Views
Mrinal Pande follows Hinduism. On December 8, 2018, she spoke about her faith on Twitter, saying:
I am a Hindu who studies and practices my faith, but I am a liberal who opposes violence and hypocrisy in the name of any religion. I firmly believe there are many believers like me. They may not be as outspoken or dramatic as they mostly express themselves in Indian languages. ”
Profession
teacher
Mrinal teaches English literature at Allahabad University and Jesus and Mary College, Delhi University. She also teaches history of art and architecture at Maulana Azad Institute of Technology, Bhopal.
daily news editor
She served as editor of Vama, a Hindi publication of the Times of India Group, from 1984-87 and Saptahik Hindustan, a Hindi weekly of the Hindustan Times Group (1988-92). She left Saptahik Hindustan on August 31, 2009.
Mrinal Pande interviewed Rajiv Gandhi for Saptahik Hindustan, a newspaper he was editing at the time
She was the founder and president of the Indian Women’s Press Corps and served from 1990 to 1994 and again from 2001 to 2002. She also worked for many years with the National Council of Self-Employed Women, working on the socio-economic development of groups such as waste pickers, vegetable vendors and domestic workers. Pande was later appointed editor-in-chief of Hindustan Times Group’s Hindi daily, later becoming the first woman to hold the position (2001-09).
I entered the paper as a culture correspondent, a category that was lacking in Hindi journalism. Circumstances pushed me into the mainstream and after working as an editor in the Times of India Group, I accepted a lateral move into the Hindustan Times Group as editor of their Hindi magazine and later a daily. “
In February 2010, she was appointed Chairman of Prasar Bharati, India’s largest public broadcaster. She held this position until April 2014.
TV host
She also hosted a weekly interview show “Baaton Baaton Mein” on Lok Sabha TV under the Congress government. In 1996, she started hosting shows on Star News and Doordarshan. At this time, she was also senior editorial advisor for the channel’s news and current affairs programming (1999-2001).
literary works
At the age of 21, Mrinal published her first story in the Hindi weekly Dharmyug. Later, she began writing short stories, plays, novels, and essays. She is the author of several books, including The Subject Is Woman (1991), Daughters of Daughters (1993), What is Ordained by Ramhas (1994), Devi: Stories of the Goddess of Our Time ( 1996) and My Own Witness (2000).
Mrinal Pande’s book The Subject is Woman was published in 1991
Awards and Honors
Mrinal Pande was awarded the Padma Shri on March 29, 2006, for his contribution to journalism and Hindi literature.
Mrinal Pande received the Padma Shri from Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam on March 29, 2006
Facts/Trivia
- When it comes to writing, Mrinal finds her solace in Hindi. At the age of 14, she copied her mother’s writings in Hindi.
- In an interview, when talking about her laid-back indulgence, Mrinal said;
Sleep, read, think, listen to music. “
- Mrinal has often taken anti-BJP stances, like when Narendra Modi visited Itanagar in Arunachal Pradesh in 2019 when Pande mocked him for wearing Traditional headgear of the Bharatiya Janata Party. She posted a picture of a rooster on Twitter and wrote “Do it again!!” and was heavily criticized by netizens for making fun of the tiara.
This is the Nishi tribal headgear of Arunachal Pradesh, which Prime Minister Modi wore when he visited Itanagar yesterday. Don’t let hatred or intolerance overwhelm your sanity! https://t.co/TZInolGgai… pic.twitter.com/35LBqcGoOY
— Pema Khandu པདྨ་མཁའ་འགྲོ་། (@PemaKhanduBJP) February 10, 2019
Mrinal Pande’s mocking tweets
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